Featured Internet Sites - Interprovincial and Federal-Provincial Relations

Note: By clicking links on the Featured Internet Sites page you will be leaving the Province of Manitoba web site. Information contained within these sites has not been authorized by the Province of Manitoba.

Reviewed February/March 2009

Canada. Department of Finance. Federal Transfers to Provinces and Territories
Included here are Major Federal Transfers, Federal Transfers to Provinces and Territories, The Canada Health Transfer and the Canada Social Transfer, Equalization and Territorial Formula Financing, Other Transfers, Fiscal Balance and Related Links. Associated with Finance Canada is the Expert Panel on Equalization and Territorial Formula Financing. “The Panel's goal is to help the Government of Canada ensure that Canadians, wherever they reside, receive from their provincial and territorial governments reasonably comparable public services at reasonably comparable levels of taxation.”

Canada. Justice. Statutes. Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act

Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat
See this site for information on the outcomes of the Western Premiers' Conferences and other Ministerial meetings.

Council of the Federation
In 2003 Canada's Premiers created the Council of the Federation, “a new institution for a new era in collaborative intergovernmental relations.”

Manitoba. Federal-Provincial Relations
This branch of the Manitoba government is concerned with “Manitoba’s relationships with the federal government and other provincial/territorial governments on matters of intergovernmental significance” and the promotion of Manitoba’s interests in these relationships. Included at this site are: Agreements (provincial and federal/provincial, etc.) and News releases current and archive. (The Minister of Federal-Provincial Relations in Manitoba is the Premier, The Honourable Greg Selinger.)

Examples of Major Manitoba/Canada initiatives

Canada. Building Canada

CMBSC (Canada Manitoba Business ServiceCentre)

CentrePort Canada
The CentrePort Canada Act lays out the legal framework for its creation, and a news release announced its opening.

Provincial and Territorial Departments of Finance

Western Premiers’ Conference
The Western Premiers’ Conference (WPC) is a forum for Premiers to discuss issues that are of interest or concern to the seven western provinces and territories.

ONLINE DATABASE ARTICLES

Click on the links or call the Legislative Library at 945-4330 for these articles.

Intergovernmental Innovation and the Administrative State in Canada. By: By: Johns, Carolyn M.; O'reilly, Patricia L.; Inwood, Gregory J.. Governance, Oct2006, Vol. 19 Issue 4, p627-649, 23p, 1 chart. (AN 22706529)
Persistent link to this record: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=22706529&site=ehost-live

Nested Federalism in Arctic Quebec: A Comparative Perspective. By: Wilson, Gary N. Canadian Journal of Political Science, Mar2008, Vol. 41 Issue 1, p71-92, 22p. (AN 31586461) Abstract only. Manitoba Legislative Library currently receives this title.
Persistent link to this record: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=31586461&site=ehost-live

The Politics of Asymmetrical Federalism: Reconsidering the Role and Responsibilities of Ottawa. By: BROCK, KATHY L. Canadian Public Policy, Jun2008, Vol. 34 Issue 2, p143-161, 19p. (AN 35239648) Abstract only. Manitoba Legislative Library currently receives this title.
Persistent link to this record: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=35239648&site=ehost-live

The Reform of Equalization Payments. By: Usher, Dan. Canadian Public Policy, Sep2007, Vol. 33 Issue 3, p337-366, 30p. (AN 29345883) Abstract only. Manitoba Legislative Library currently receives this title.
Persistent link to this record: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=29345883&site=ehost-live

More abstracts of journal articles and full-text articles are available through EbscoHost databases under appropriate subject headings. Search using terms such as intergovernmental relations or federal government in combination with geographical areas. (Suggestions for additional subjects or narrowing searches are made on the left hand side of the display screen in each search.)

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LEGISLATIVE LIBRARY INFORMATION PORTAL

For more information on this topic, go to the Search tab in the Information Portal. Useful subject headings include the following terms:

• Federal-provincial conferences
• Federal-provincial fiscal relations
• Federal-provincial relations
• Federal-provincial tax relations
• Intergovernmental relations
• Transfer payments – Canada(Law)

See also specific agreements between jurisdictions. For example:

• Federal/Provincial/Territorial Early Childhood Development Agreement (Canada)
• Federal/Provincial/Territorial Framework Agreement on Agricultural and Agri-Food Policy
• Federal/Provincial/Territorial Programs Agricultural Policy Framework

Or contact Legislative Library staff at Legislative Library@gov.mb.ca or 945-4330 who will be happy to walk you through a search strategy. This service is for Manitoba government employees and the Legislative Assembly and its staff.